The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently stepped in to halt marketing and promotional activities surrounding a planned Initial Public Offering (IPO) by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals FZE.

The SEC’s decision is as welcome development, according to a diaspora Nigerian who had the responsibility of relating with investors in one of Nigeria’s tier-1 banks.

He said, “This is a commendable step from SEC. It raises a wrong precedence and when I discussed it with a few people, they said why shouldn't they do it.”

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently stepped in to halt marketing and promotional activities surrounding a planned Initial Public Offering (IPO) by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals FZE.

The SEC’s decision is as welcome development, according to a diaspora Nigerian who had the responsibility of relating with investors in one of Nigeria’s tier-1 banks.